How to check what is the latest version of a dependency to use in gradle

Question

I\'ve always added dependencies like this:

dependencies {
    compile \'com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:19.+\'
}

but in the recent versi

Answer 1

I use these two links.

This link gives me the latest buildTools Version
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/build-tools.html

This link gives me the latest supportLibraryVersion https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/revisions.html

Answer 2

There may be other ways, but here is what i use:

You can find out the latest version using Android Studio by replacing the version number of your library in build.gradle compile line, with just + , and click on Sync Now in upper right corner of the window.

in your case, for example

dependencies { compile 'com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:+' }

Android Studio will pop up a hint/bulb, which has options Replace with specific version you can click, which will fill-in the latest version in-place of +. Please see below screeshot:

If this doesn't work the first time, let gradle complete its sync, and retry (replace + with + or any file modification will do, click the sync now again and hint bulb will show up).

For example, for your library, i simply pasted this line compile 'com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:+' under my dependencies and followed the above process, Android Studio filled in with below version